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Subject: Re: software engineering
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Date: Mon, 30-Mar-87 20:52:27 EST
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In article <1308@uwmacc.UUCP> ejnorman@unix.macc.wisc.edu (Eric Norman) writes:
>
>Riddle:
>What's the difference between a mathematician and a theoretical
>computer scientist?
>
>Answer:
>A mathematician knows how to prove things without using induction.

This is what I heard on Marshall Hall Day at Caltech some years back:
Riddle:
What's the difference between a mathematician and a computer scientist?

Oh, about $10,000 per year ;-).

Addemdum:
Oh, no, that's last years figure, now it's ....... ;-).

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